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In a coniferous forest, on a NW-facing slope overlooking Barrees valley. The souterrain was discovered during the construction of a forest road. It consists of two semicircular openings, 0.8m apart, on the W side of the road at the base of a N-S earthen bank (H 2m). The S opening (Wth 1m; H 0.3m), which is the smaller of the two, reveals the top of a largely collapsed earth-cut chamber. The N opening (Wth 2m; H 0.85m) reveals the earth-cut arched roof of a chamber extending 2m to the W and then narrowing as it slopes down to the S. Collapsed earth obscures the remainder of this chamber.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
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